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UnitConvert

Converts a quantity to a different unit.

$ wo 'UnitConvert[Quantity[1, "Kilometers"], "Meters"]'
Quantity[1000, Meters]

With one argument, converts to SI base units.

$ wo 'UnitConvert[Quantity[1, "Liters"]]'
Quantity[1/1000, Meters^3]

Compound base units are grouped to render unambiguously.

$ wo 'UnitConvert[Quantity[1, "Bars"]]'
Quantity[100000, Kilograms/(Meters*Seconds^2)]

$ wo 'UnitConvert[Quantity[1, "Newtons"]]'
Quantity[1, (Kilograms*Meters)/Seconds^2]

Area units convert to the SI base Meters^2.

$ wo 'UnitConvert[Quantity[1, "Acres"]]'
Quantity[316160658/78125, Meters^2]

$ wo 'UnitConvert[Quantity[1, "Hectares"], "SquareMeters"]'
Quantity[10000, Meters^2]